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All 117 seats in the Punjab Legislative Assembly 59 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 10,728,825 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 67.53% ( 2.17%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election where held in Punjab on 26 September 1985, to elect the mambers of Punjab Legislative Assembly.[1] The signing of the Rajiv–Longowal Accord between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the Akali leader, Harchand Singh Longowal, on 24 July 1985 paved the way to holding this elections.[2] The election were hald alongside the election to the Lok Sabha, Which were not held in 1984.
Voter statistics
Electors
| Title | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of electors | 5879025 | 4849800 | 10728825 |
| No. of electors who voted | 4009724 | 3235557 | 7245281 |
| Polling Percentage | 68.20% | 66.72% | 67.53% |
No. of valid votes 6920818
No. of voted rejected 324463
No. of polling stations 12698
Performance of women and men candidates
| Title | Men | WomenEN | TotalAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of contestants | 824 | 33 | 857 |
| Elected | 113 | 4 | 117 |
| Forfeited deposits | 582 | 13 | 595 |
Constituencies Data
No. of constituencies
| Type of Contituency[3] | Gen. | SC | St | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of constituencies | 88 | 29 | 0 | 117 |
Results
Result by Party
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| Result of Punjab Legislative Assembly election 1985 [4] | |||||||||
| Party | contested | Seats won | change in seats | popular vote | % | ||||
| Shiromani Akali Dal | 100 | 73 | 23 |
26,30,270 | 38.01 | ||||
| Indian National Congress | 117 | 32 |  31 |
26,20,042 | 37.86 | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 | 6 | 5 |
3,45,560 | 4.99 | ||||
| Communist Party of India | 38 | 1 | 8 |
3,07,496 | 4.44 | ||||
| Janata Party | 5 | 1 | 1 |
75,307 | 1.09 | ||||
| Independents | 542 | 4 | 2 |
8,09,254 | 11.69 | ||||
| Others | 29 | 0 | - | 1,32,889 | 1.92 | ||||
| Total | 857 | 117 | 69,20,818 | ||||||
Results by Region
| Region | Seats | SAD | INC | BJP | CPI | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malwa | 65 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 (Ind.) |
| Majha | 27 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1(JNP) |
| Doaba | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 (Ind.) |
| Sum | 117 | 73 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
Results By Constituency
| # | Constituency | Party | Winner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fatehgarh | SAD | Nirmal Singh | |
| 2 | Batala | INC | Ashwani | |
| 3 | Qadian | SAD | Kulwant Singh | |
| 4 | Sri Hargobindpur | SAD | Natha Singh | |
| 5 | Kahnuwan | SAD | Johar Singh | |
| 6 | Dhariwal | SAD | Sucha Singh Chottepur | |
| 7 | Gurdaspur | INC | Susheel | |
| 8 | Dina Nagar (SC) | INC | Jai Muni | |
| 9 | Narot Mehra (SC) | BJP | Ram Lal | |
| 10 | Pathankot | BJP | Mohan Lal | |
| 11 | Sujanpur | INC | Raghu Nath Sahai | |
| 12 | Beas | INC | Sant Singh | |
| 13 | Majitha | INC | Surinder Pal Singh | |
| 14 | Verka | INC | Dalbir Singh | |
| 15 | Jandiala (SC) | SAD | Ranjit Singh | |
| 16 | Amritsar North | INC | Brij Bhushan Mehra | |
| 17 | Amritsar West | INC | Sewa Ram | |
| 18 | Amritsar Central | INC | Darbari Lal | |
| 19 | Amritsar South | JP | Kirpal Singh S/O Uttam Singh | |
| 20 | Ajnala | SAD | Rattan Singh | |
| 21 | Raja Sansi | SAD | Shashpal Singh | |
| 22 | Attari (SC) | SAD | Tara Singh | |
| 23 | Tarn Taran | SAD | Prem Singh Lalpura | |
| 24 | Khadoor Sahib (SC) | SAD | Tara Singh | |
| 25 | Naushahra Panwan | SAD | Harbhajan Singh | |
| 26 | Patti | SAD | Niranjan Singh | |
| 27 | Valtoha | SAD | Major Singh | |
| 28 | Adampur | SAD | Surjit Singh | |
| 29 | Jullundur Cantonment | INC | Indira | |
| 30 | Jullundur North | BJP | Vaid Om Prakash Dutt | |
| 31 | Jullundur Central | BJP | Manmohan Kalia | |
| 32 | Jullundur South (SC) | INC | Mohinder Singh Kaypee | |
| 33 | Kartarpur (SC) | INC | Jagjit Singh | |
| 34 | Lohian | SAD | Balwant Singh | |
| 35 | Nakodar | SAD | Kuleep Singh Wadala | |
| 36 | Nur Mahal | SAD | Surinder Paul Singh | |
| 37 | Banga (SC) | SAD | Balwant Singh | |
| 38 | Nawanshahr | INC | Dilbagh Singh | |
| 39 | Phillaur (SC) | SAD | Sarwan Singh | |
| 40 | Bholath | SAD | Sukhjinder Singh | |
| 41 | Kapurthala | INC | Kripal Singh | |
| 42 | Sultanpur | SAD | Bachan Singh | |
| 43 | Phagwara (SC) | INC | Joginder Singh Mann | |
| 44 | Balachaur | Independent | Ram Kishan | |
| 45 | Garhshankar | INC | Sarwan Ram | |
| 46 | Mahilpur (SC) | SAD | Jagdish Kaur | |
| 47 | Hoshiarpur | INC | Mohan Lal | |
| 48 | Sham Chaurasi (SC) | INC | Hari Mittar | |
| 49 | Tanda | SAD | Uplar Singh | |
| 50 | Garhdiwala (SC) | SAD | Prakash Singh | |
| 51 | Dasuya | Independent | Romesh Chander | |
| 52 | Mukerian | INC | Kewal Krishan | |
| 53 | Jagraon | SAD | Gurdip Singh | |
| 54 | Raikot | SAD | Talib Singh | |
| 55 | Dakha (SC) | SAD | Basant Singh | |
| 56 | Qila Raipur | SAD | Arjan Singh | |
| 57 | Ludhiana North | INC | Satpal Prashar | |
| 58 | Ludhiana West | INC | Harnam Dass Johar | |
| 59 | Ludhiana East | INC | Om Parkash Gupta | |
| 60 | Ludhiana Rural | SAD | Jagdev Singh Tajpuri | |
| 61 | Payal | SAD | Davinder Singh | |
| 62 | Kum Kalan (SC) | SAD | Rajinder Singh | |
| 63 | Samrala | SAD | Amarjit Singh | |
| 64 | Khanna (SC) | SAD | Sukhdev Singh | |
| 65 | Nangal | INC | Ram Prakash Bali | |
| 66 | Anandpur Sahib Ropar | SAD | Tara Singh | |
| 67 | Chamkaur Sahib (SC) | INC | Bhag Singh | |
| 68 | Morinda | SAD | Ravinder Singh | |
| 69 | Kharar | SAD | Bachittar Singh | |
| 70 | Banur | SAD | Kanwaljit Singh | |
| 71 | Rajpura | SAD | Prem Chand | |
| 72 | Ghanaur | SAD | Jasdev Singh Sandhu | |
| 73 | Dakala | SAD | Prem Singh Chandumajra | |
| 74 | Shutrana (SC) | SAD | Satwant Singh Mohi | |
| 75 | Samana | SAD | Hardial Singh Rajla | |
| 76 | Patiala Town | INC | Brahm Mohinder | |
| 77 | Nabha | SAD | Narinder Singh | |
| 78 | Amloh (SC) | SAD | Dalip Singh Pandhi | |
| 79 | Sirhind | SAD | Kirpal Singh | |
| 80 | Dhuri | SAD | Surinder Singh | |
| 81 | Malerkotla | SAD | Nusrat Ali Khan | |
| 82 | Sherpur (SC) | SAD | Gobind Singh | |
| 83 | Barnala | SAD | Surjit Singh Barnala | |
| 84 | Bhadaur (SC) | SAD | Kundan Singh | |
| 85 | Dhanaula | SAD | Gobind Singh Longowal | |
| 86 | Sangrur | SAD | Ranjit Singh | |
| 87 | Dirbha | SAD | Baldev Singh | |
| 88 | Sunam | SAD | Sukhdev Singh | |
| 89 | Lehra | SAD | Inderjit Singh | |
| 90 | Balluana (SC) | INC | Hansraj Arya | |
| 91 | Abohar | BJP | Arjan Singh | |
| 92 | Fazilka | BJP | Radha Krishan | |
| 93 | Jalalabad | CPI | Mehtab Singh | |
| 94 | Guru Har Sahai | Independent | Sajwar Singh | |
| 95 | Firozepur | INC | Bal Mukand | |
| 96 | Firozepur Cantonment | SAD | Mohinder Singh | |
| 97 | Zira | SAD | Hari Singh | |
| 98 | Dharamkot (SC) | INC | Gurdev Singh Gill | |
| 99 | Moga | INC | Gurcharan Singh | |
| 100 | Bagha Purana | SAD | Malkiat Singh Sidhu | |
| 101 | Nihal Singh Wala (SC) | SAD | Zora Singh | |
| 102 | Panjgrain (SC) | SAD | Gurdev Singh | |
| 103 | Kotkapura | SAD | Mohinder Singh Brar | |
| 104 | Faridkot | Independent | Karnail Singh Doad | |
| 105 | Muktsar | INC | Gurbinder Kaur | |
| 106 | Giddarbaha | SAD | Parkash Singh | |
| 107 | Malout (SC) | INC | Shiv Chand | |
| 108 | Lambi | SAD | Hardipinder Singh | |
| 109 | Talwandi Sabo | SAD | Amrinder Singh | |
| 110 | Pakka Kalan (SC) | SAD | Sujan Singh | |
| 111 | Bhatinda | SAD | Kasturi Lal | |
| 112 | Nathana (SC) | SAD | Jasmel Singh | |
| 113 | Rampura Phul | SAD | Sukhdev Singh | |
| 114 | Joga | SAD | Baldev Singh | |
| 115 | Mansa | SAD | Jaswant Singh | |
| 116 | Budhlada | SAD | Purshotam Singh | |
| 117 | Sardulgarh | SAD | Balwinder Singh | |
See also
References
- ↑ Tempest, Rone. "Sikh Party Wins Punjab Election : Will Rule Troubled State; Gandhi Slate Defeated". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ Narain, Iqbal (1986). "India in 1985: Triumph of Democracy". Asian Survey. 26, no. 2: 253–69. doi:10.2307/2644461.
- ↑ "Punjab 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ↑ "List of Polling Booth for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections 1985".
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